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FBF Overview

The Fat Burning Furnace diet is a 161 page eBook created by Rob Poulos that started in 2006. Rob is a former overweight person who developed the strategies to lose weight offered in his eBook while trying to lose weight himself. According to Rob, much of the information currently available on weight loss and exercise is deceptive. Instead, his eBook offers easy to follow advice on turning your body into an efficient fat burning system, thereby making you lose unwanted fat and build muscle much faster than you would on other methods.

Fat Burning Furnace Pros and Cons

Pros

You get immediate access to the PDF eBook via download once you place an order.

The Fat Burning Furnace includes vegetarian meal options.

Program comes with email coaching.

Supplements and meal replacements are not recommended, instead dieters learn how to lose weight by consuming real food.

The Fat Burning Furnace includes specific advice for those who have been living a sedentary lifestyle; this group of people often has the most trouble with exercising and changing their eating habits.

The program is pretty simple to follow and can fit into a busy schedule. It is also designed for both men and women.

Customer feedback is high.

The eBook costs around $40 and comes with a 60 day refund policy if the product does not meet your expectations.

Cons

The diet makes the ultimate claim that in 7 weeks you can lose up to 26 pounds of weight. However, dietician recommendations are that dieters should lose no more than 1 to 2 pounds a week.

Only 15 minutes of exercise for 2 to 3 times a week is recommended. Most experts recommend exercise for 30 minutes to one hour for 3 to 5 times a week at minimum.

How Does Fat Burning Furnace Really Work?

The eBook contains over 100 pages of information on losing weight the right way. Several free bonuses are also provided. With the Fat Burning Furnace, dieters are taught to do high intensity resistance training for a 15 minute period to lose weight. They are also taught to eat satisfying food items that keep them from getting hungry. Instead of burning fat, the program focuses on burning carbohydrates, thereby encouraging your body to naturally burn stored fat to replace the carbohydrates lost. Step-by-step guidance teaches you how to maximize your results in the smallest amount of time.

Dietitian's Notes

My initial thought was the program was “too good to be true”. It was a shock to read the program guarantees to help people lose 26 pounds in 49 days. There is no possible way someone can make that type of guarantee and honor it. This is another diet that works only because of calorie restrictions and exercise, rather than some secret weight loss discovery.

I disagree with the FBF’s take on the “conspiracy” that the diet industry is trying to keep people over weight. Eating too much and not exercising enough is the real reason obesity exists. Rob’s five "truths" are bizarre as well, ranging from the obvious "boxed food diets are expensive" to the false "cardio exercise is the worst way to lose weight".

Exercise

Although one of our cons about this diet is that it requires a home gym or access to a gym in order to perform most of the exercises, there are plenty of resistance exercises you can do to get started and work your way up to a "gym membership".

For those that have access to equipment here is a short list of exercises you can expect: Squats, Bent Over Rows, Pull ups, Overhead press, Dips, Shoulder Shrugs, Bent Arm Flies, Tricep pull down, and MUCH MUCH more... The ebook goes into detail on how to do these exercise properly.

The idea is to do high intensity workouts no more than 2 to 3 times per week to allow your body time to recover. For those without gym equipment, there are several recommendations on what exercises you can do from home without equipment on page 92.

Eating and Meal Plans

FBF has over 50 pages dedicated to eating, planning, and understanding what foods will give you the best results. They provide you with recipe ideas, a meal guide, how to create quick snacks, how to enjoy alcohol and treats in moderation, and more. Below is a sample meal plan from page 132 of the ebook.

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Conclusion

Even though the diet makes exaggerated claims, it is not a scam or gimmick, nor does it have any snopes associated with it. The Fat Burning Furnace diet does contain some legitimate information that almost anyone can use such as: restrictions in eating tend to be hard to follow, fad diets are a joke and that most people who follow these methods end up regaining all the weight they lose. It also gives equal attention to exercising and eating real foods to lose weight. Sample meal plans, free recipes online and diet progress trackers that can be printed are also effective weight loss tools. Truth is, although the Fat Burning Furnace may contain some unconventional methods to losing weight the information is pretty solid and most importantly will get you off the couch and making real lifestyle changes. To learn more about the fat burning furnace diet, click here.

I've been on the program for 7 weeks now and I really took a liking to the high intensity 15 minute exercises. My stamina is better than ever and I'm losing pounds like crazy. I think I have outgrown the 15min workouts and plan on bumping up my high intensity workouts to 30 minutes. I really do feel great.

Posted On:January 18, 2010, 6:42 pm

Latoya

I thought the program was good. It was easy to read and pretty easy to start. my biggest challenge was changing my eating habits. I still sneak in a little junk but hey, I'm human.

Posted On:January 14, 2010, 5:18 pm

elena santiago

Hola! I had 25 pounds to loose and purchased the fat burning furnace back in August. I've been doing the program on and off for almost 5 months. I have 6 pounds left to reach my goal weight of 130. I used the program to get me started and I managed to take what I learned and do my own thing that is comfortable to me.

Posted On:January 6, 2010, 5:46 pm

Ernesto Martinez (YOAD Editor)

@Bob - Hi Bob. The product comes in the form of an ebook (PDF). After payment is made, you should have received an email that looks like a receipt. In that email is a link that will take you to the download page where you can download the ebook and all of the bonus material. Hope this helps.

Posted On:January 5, 2010, 9:42 pm

Ernesto Martinez (YOAD Editor)

@Henry - The program does consist of high intensity exercise for 15 minutes. That's 15 minutes of non stop, fast paced movement. Most fitness experts say more is required.

Posted On:January 5, 2010, 9:37 pm

Bob Snewin

I paid for my product on line today. As I did not quote a delivery address how will I get the product?

Posted On:January 5, 2010, 9:04 pm

Henry Thompson

Does the program really only require 15 minutes of exercise?

Posted On:January 3, 2010, 7:23 pm

Emma

i was able to follow the program without having any heavy duty equipment at home. I did a lot of walking and some running outside. I also did household chores but in a really fast pace.

Posted On:January 2, 2010, 7:39 pm

Iris

For the price I thought fat burning furnace was good.

Posted On:January 1, 2010, 8:21 pm

Gina

I didn't lose as much weight as advertised but so far so good. I'm happy with the results (8lbs in 5 weeks). I feels like forever but the results have kept me motivated.

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